Low-key petrov is proving worry for O’Neill

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Aston Villa need not fear their season petering out. Weekend results mean that they go into tonight’s game at home to Everton a mere four points above the relegation places and Martin O’Neill, their manager, is attempting to ensure his players do not fall into a comfort zone.

He admits Stiliyan Petrov, his first significant signing, has fallen short of the expected standard. O’Neill signed Petrov from Celtic, his former club, for £6.5 million last August but his form has been erratic at best. “I know he is capable of playing much better and more consistently because he has done